Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1887-12-13
WINTER WEATHER.
A December Sunday in
California.
FAIR ANAHEIM VIEWS.
Rich Plains. Snow-Capped Noun
tains and Eternal sunshine
all Combined.
FAIR ANAH Elm VIEWS.

Guiding Sunday, and all weeks in the
year, including midsummer and the
, hristnas holidays, was in great
luck last Saturday night. At least SC
he considered himself when told he
might have "day out" on sunday.
Thinking where he should go t.
souander his one holiday, Anaheim
came to his head as pleasant place
to spend day. Getting his SATURDAY
nights work well up, a. d enli>ting
he interest Of Il collabora'eur 10 do
the. rest, away lie IA ed on the late
tram of Saturday. He found a SOLID
rain II ,ur coaches full OF people all
sgog for the south end Of the county.
AT ANAHEiM.
Transferring himself from the train
TO the street "a, theme Vspape' pleas
ure seeker found about wenty-hN e
o her tourists, commercial and other
vi e, all bound With him Tor the
Pl ,nte 3 hotel to interview mine
hos, Mason and his cook, especial y
the cook. Next morning, refreshed
an ready for The tray, he lencil-
pu4her awok., betimes he did, and
h wing performed his ablutious. ex-
ternal and internal-the la ter If not in
ID c,tsk of malmse yet outside u
som t ing lleasant-he stepped at
last into the open air.
A GLORIOUS MORNING.
The warm u Nv OF go den sunshine
filed the sky and air, and bathed he
Land a. genial as the loveliest day in
June. The birds were all making the
spac souor'us with glad so Us. The
Dreezes Of the zephyr's gentlest touch
set the leaves OF the orang. groves
Just atremble, and tue golden spheres
like the tabled app es Of the Helper
lies, glis,en-d like gold amid the
rich waxy sheen of the foliage.
RICH ANAHEIM.
Far southwark spread the broad
rich plain embracing vineyards, or
ange graves, rich past ures, orchards
the most fertile and varied in its
resources in the world. Some fifteen
miles away the Pacific lay pulsating
aud cleaning in the golden sunlight,
from his broad breast come these
genie winds l,ade,i to repleti"n wi b
life-9iving "zone, pure, inyigorating,
health restoring, youth-g ,ing, a
would hav been the springs OF eter-
nal yonfh, had Ponce de Leon
been able to find them.
THE EVERLASTING HILLS.
All aroupd the north side of the
valley the great mountains rose &c
grand heights, and on their " orld-Old
nrows they lifted to the skies their
SHOWS OF countless years. The sun
lit up their ridges with such glorious
brightness as the imagination pic
lures on he while heights OF Para
disc. The shadows slept in ne Val
leys as peacefully as Bunvon's pill
grim saw them ON the "Delectable
mountains" in his progress to Heaven.
Indeed a more beautiful spros pect
never stretched before the eye"
of man han the landscape which
Law all around the ricn Old mother
colony" on the day in question. No
spot even in this semi tropic paradise
can boast of ANY more fascinating lc-
lure than was there presented. The
rains had Started the grasses. The
orange groves we're washed Gle II OF
dust, the roads were hard and clean,
the temperature was Of that abso-
lutely pei feet degree W icn makes
lie seem worth living for. Lowell
asks:
"And what so perfect as u day in
june
The answer is last Sunday at Ana
helm was as perfect as any day tnat
ever rose out OF the night in the "leafy
moth OF June" sos -, !" -
NOTES OF PROGRESS.
Things are stirring at Ahaheim. The
new railroad is graded through
the town, across the wash, through
west through Orangethorpe
to the Coyote House, and will soon be
w on the mesa shooting straight for
the springs. The Hotel Del Campo
contract is let to The Albrecht Bros,
an Anaheim firm, and it will be fin
,shed in ninety days. Then Anaheim
will have three fine hotels. The Sis
tiers are waiting anxiously for a derd
from the Dreyfus estate to their
lots in order that they may
proceed with the building OF
their academy. The Town Fru. tees
arc about to lay water pipes along
{ ypress street for a distance of several
thousand feet. The water company
is pushing things on their big reser-
voir.
A company OF railroad contractors
with q large force of men from Colo
RADIO is expected every day to 80 on
with grading the railroad from Ana.
helm to Orange. This company will
construct the big bridge over the Santa
Ana river. Progress is reported on
the proposed new road from Ana
helm to the landing. Capitalists
in San Francisco and Los An
geles have had their interest enlisted
in the prof ct. 1t is sure to 60
through at an early day. Its advan'
tages to Anahem will he very great.
The l,el Campo people are laying
cement sidewalks along Their tract
Center street is being graded, new
houses are seen going up all around
the town, and in the country up by
North Anaheim and Placentia az
we'll. The new hotel at Full.
erton is nearly fini-hed, and
will soon be open to guests. New
corners from the Western States are
coming in rapidly and settling in the
towns OF Anaheim, in Fullerton, a.
Placentia and all around the country
ANAHEM TO THE FRONT.
The attractions of Anaheim and lit
vicinity are becoming well known
The pure climate. excellent soil, per
feet drainage, absence OF dust, abund
ance of water and such elements
of the situation are getting to bt
well understood. Should people rec
ognize the fact that property is helt
here at less thai fifty per cent. OF the
prices held in other places, they SCI
that Us water seeks its level, the in
trinsic value OF lands at Anahein
will push prices up to the ranges o
the other most eclectic spots in Lo
Angeles County, AMI tina
there will I've a big Ga!
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